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PRINCETON  •  NEW  JERSEY 


PRESENTED  BY 

Rufus  H.   LeFevre 
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DO  YOU  KNOW? 

That  the  United  Brethren  Church  is  maintaining  49  day 
schools  and  boarding  schools  in  China,  Africa,  Japan  and  the 
Philippines? 

That  1,600  pupils  are  attending  these  schools? 

That  four  schools  of  higher  education  for  the  training  of 
Christian  workers  are  maintained  by  the  United  Brethren 
Church  in  co-operation  with  other  denominations — one  in 
Porto  Rico,  one  in  the  Philippines,  one  in  Japan  and  one  in- 
China? 

That  in  the  district  for  which  the  United  Brethren  Church 
is  responsible  in  these  fields  abroad  there  are  in  round  num- 
bers 800,000  children  of  school  age,  only  1,600  of  whom  have 
school  privileges? 

That  in  Sierra  Lecne  alone  there  are  4,965  towns  in  our 
district  which  have  no  schools? 

That  China  is  needing  1,000,030  school  teachers  for  the 
proposed  schools  that  are  to  be  opened  as  rapidly  as  these 
are  found?  To  mission  schools  is  given  the  first  opportunity 
to  supply  these  teachers. 

That  the  imperative  need  in  our  mission  fields  is  for 
trained  native  leaders?  By  preparing  them  in  mission  schools 
the  Christian  Church  can  determine  the  destiny  of  these 
nations. 

That  the  girls'  boarding  school  at  Moyamba,  West  Africa, 
has  been  turning  girls  away  for  lack  of  room?  A  larger 
building  is  urgently  needed. 

That  the  Young  Woman's  Bible  Training  School  in  the 
Philippines  is  the  Christian  training  center  for  150,000  girls 
and  women,  and  that  the  temporary  building  in  which  the 
school  is  housed  has  but  eleven  ordinary  sized  rooms,  in  which 
they  have  been  caring  for  46  students? 

That  the  United  Brethren  shares  for  buildings  for  the 
Union  Theological  seminaries  in  Porto  Rico,  the  Philippines 
and  China  range  from  $5,000  to  $8,000  each.  $10,000  is  still 
needed  for  the  Young  Women's  Bible  Training  School.  These 
are  big  opportunities  for  big  Christians. 


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Training  for  Service 
in  Mission  Lands 


CONTENTS 

Open  Doors  for  Mission  Schools ^ 

A  Glimpse  Into  Our  Mission  Schools 9 

Trained  Leaders  from  Our  Mission  Schools 21 

Answering^  the  Summons 


THE  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
United  Brethren  in  Christ 

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More  Than  One-half  of  the  World  has  no  Bible. 


open  Doors  for  Mission  Schools 

More  than  one-half  the  human  race  can  neither  read  nor  write 
a  word  of  any  language.  What  a  sad  comment  on  800,000,000 
human  beings  created  in  God's  image  and  in  whose  lives  are 
bound  up  the  responsibilities  of  eternity. 

Africa.  Of  all  the  dark  countries  on  the  face  of  the  earth 
Africa  presents  the  most  appalling  picture.  We  are  staggered 
at  the  size  of  the  continent — more  than  three  times  as  large  as 
Europe  and  once  and  a  half  as  large  as  all  North  America.  It  is 
as  far  around  the  coast  of  Africa  as  it  is  around  the  world. 

More  than  800  languages  and  dialects  are  spoken  in  Africa, 
but  none  of  them  have  ever  been  written  down  by  the  people  them- 
selves. There  has  been  no  attempt  at  education  and  most  of 
them  never  know  till  the  missionary  comes  that  such  a  thing  as 
writing  has  ever  been  invented. 

Picture  a  typical  African  home.  It  is  a  small  mud  hut  with 
roof  of  thatch.  Inside  there  are  no  tables  or  chairs.  Low  mud 
sofas  with  mats  spread  upon  them  serve  as  beds.  An  open  fire 
of  sticks  smoulders  in  the  middle  of  the  earth  floor,  the  smoke 
ascending  into  the  rafters,  clinging  about  the  festoons  of  cob- 
webs and  finding  its  way  out  slowly  through  the  thatch.  There 
are  no  pictures  on  the  walls.  There  are  no  books  or  papers.  No 
letters  are  ever  written  or  received.  From  gray  head  to  little 
child  not  one  would  know  a  single  letter  of  the  alphabet  if  they 
saw  it.  No  sound  of  school  bell  or  church  bell  is  ever  heard. 
Counting  all  the  schools  in  Sierra  Leone,  which  have  been  estab- 
lished by  the  missionaries,  they  are  not  sufficient  to  give  even 
one  child  in  a  hundred  a  chance  for  even  a  primary  education. 

The  same  illiterate  conditions  that  prevail  in  family  life  are 
also  true  of  national  life.  There  are  no  histories  other  than  verbal 
traditions  and  stories  passed  down  from  one  generation  to  an- 
other. There  are  no  legal  documents,  no  official  records  and  no 
written  laws.  The  wisdom  of  the  old  men  and  customs  popular 
through  long  observance  are  accepted  as  the  law  code  of  the 
people.    They  have  no  sacred  book  like  other  nations. 

The  Enc^lish  government  is  at  last  awaking  to  the  education- 
al needs  in  Sierra  Leone  and  has  a  plan  now  on  foot  for  the  in- 
troduction of  vernacular  schools  among  the  towns  of  the  interior. 
This  is,  in  an  educational  way,  the  biggest  challenge  that  has  ever 


Let 

This    Boy 

alone 

and   he 

will 

grow  up 

as 


This    Man 


A    Christian    Worker 


come  to  our  United  Brethern  mission  in  Africa.  It  is  our  privi- 
lege to  furnish  these  government  schools  with  Christian  teachers 
if  we  will.  Otherwise  Mohammedan  teachers  will  fill  these 
places. 

The  pagan  African  stands  before  us  to-day  bearing  in  body 
and  in  soul  the  marks  of  the  fetters  he  has  worn  through  so  many 
ages  of  bondage,  but  a  man — a  man  in  need  of  God. 

Porto  Rico.  For  more  than  a  hundred  years  an  effort  has 
been  made  at  school  work  in  Porto  Rico.  There  were  public 
schools  aided  and  directed  by  the  government  and  other  private 
schools  founded  by  important  educators  There  were  also  some 
schools  where  education  was  given  in  secondary  and  professional 
branches.  Many  of  the  present  day  lawyers  in  Porto  Rico  re- 
ceived their  professional  training  in  these  schools.  However, 
the  system  was  woefully  inadequate  to  meet  the  needs  of  the 
masses  and  it  was  found  after  American  occupation  of  the  Island 
that  eighty- five  per  cent,  of  the  people  zvcre  unable  to  read.  Those 
living  in  the  country  and  especially  those  remote  from  towns  and 
cities  were  entirely  deprived  of  educational  advantages.  Then 
America  began  in  earnest  the  educational  work  in  Porto  Rico. 
How  well  they  have  succeeded  may  be  seen  by  the  last  census 
which  indicates  that  the  per  cent,  of  illiteracy  has  been  reduced  to 
sixty  per  cent,  in  tzventy  years.  One  of  the  great  benefits  of  the 
American  public  school"  in  Porto  Rico  is  the  changed  ideals  they 
are  giving  to  the  people.  For  generations  it  has  been  instilled 
into  them  that  labor  is  degrading.  If  a  high  class  man  learned  a 
trade  he  lost  his  rank  in  society.  Now  by  the  introduction  of 
manual  training  and  agriculture  into  the  public  schools  all  the 
boys  are  required  to  work  and  it  is  giving  them  new  ideas  of  the 
dignity  of  labor.  The  same  change  is  being  effected  among  the 
girls  by  the  teaching  of  domestic  science  in  the  public  schools. 
Thus  the  ideas  of  the  people  are  becoming  completely  revolu- 
tionized. 

Philippine  Islands.  Admiral  Dewey  had  an  early  morn- 
ing fight  in  Manila  Bay  twenty  years  ago  and  as  a  result  "Uncle 
Sam"  suddenly  found  himself  the  father  of  8.000,000  Orientals. 
"They  are  ours,"  as  President  McKinley  said,  "not  to  exploit,  but 
to  develop,  civilize,  educate,  train."  When  the  Philippines  passed 
under  American  control  the  people  were  found  to  be  about 
ninety-five  per  cent,  illiterate.  I'lans  were  set  on  foot  for  their 
education,  thousands  of  teachers  were  sent  and  now  about  3,000,- 


000  of  the  population  have  been  reached  by  the  influence  of  the 
public  school,  most  of  them,  of  course,  I)eing  children  of  school 
age. 

American  missionaries  followed  quickly  the  entrance  of  our 
flag  into  the  Philippines  where  they  found  an  open-hearted  and 
receptive  people.  The  Bible,  which  was  a  closed  Book  twenty- 
five  years  ago,  has  now  been  translated  into  ten  different  lan- 
guages and  over  a  million  copies  have  been  sold  in  the  Islands. 

Our  own  work  in  the  Philippines  has  proved  one  of  the  most 
paying  missionary  ventures  of  the  United  Brethren  Church. 
Forty-one  churches  have  been  organized  during  the  short  time  we 
have  been  working  there.  It  has  not  been  necessary  for  our 
Church  to  do  as  much  educational  work  as  in  other  fields  because 
of  the  splendid  schools  operated  by  the  Government.  However, 
the  missionaries  find  it  urgently  necessary  to  provide  for  the 
training  of  large  numbers  of  young  men  and  women  who  are 
pressing  into  the  ranks  of  Christian  service.  By  co-operation  with 
the  Union  Theological  Seminary  in  Manila  men  are  being  trained 
as  pastors  of  our  churches,  and  in  the  Young  Women's  Bible 
Training  School  at  San  Fernando  girls  are  being  trained  for  mis- 
sionary and  deaconess  work.  Both  these  schools  are  in  immediate 
need  of  buildings. 

Bishop  W.  F.  Oldham  says.  "The  crux  of  our  missionary 
activities  in  Asia  is  in  the  Philippine  Islands." 

Japan  is  the  "Land  of  Achievement."  It  is  about  fifty 
years  since  the  Japanese  began  to  adopt  western  civilization  and 
in  that  time  they  have  become  almost  as  modern  as  their  teachers. 
Her  success  in  her  educational  enterprise  has  astounded  the  world. 
She  now  has  a  school  system  which  enrolls  ninety  per  cent,  of 
the  children  of  school  age.  Great  missionaries,  such  as  Verbeck 
and  others,  have  had  much  to  do  with  the  launching  of  the  new 
educational  system  and  Christian  ideas  have  had  a  wide  influence 
but  Christianity  has  not  been  widely  enough  propagated  to  keep 
the  moral  and  spiritual  development  of  the  people  abreast  with 
the  intellectual.  All  religious  teaching  has  been  excluded  from 
the  State  schools  and  the  result  is  that  the  students  are  being 
swept  away  into  agnosticism  and  the  grossest  immorality.  Gov- 
ernment leaders  are  becoming  alarmed  over  the  situation  and 
have  confessed  that  their  old  religions  are  unable  to  stem  the  tide 
and  they  have  called  frequent  conference?  with  Christian  leaders 
relative  to  the  matter. 


The  vital  need  in  Japan  to-day  is  Christ iaii  schools.  Christian 
leaders  must  be  trained — great  and  competent  leaders,  who  can 
grip  the  situation  with  a  strong  hand  and  bring  to  society  the  re- 
ligious and  ethical  power  it  lacks.  The  United  Brethren  Church 
is  contributing  a  mite  in  this  necessary  program  for  Christian 
education  by  her  co-operation  with  the  great  Doshisha  Universitv 
at  Kyoto. 

The  sad  side  of  the  whole  situation  in  Japan  is  that  out  of 
a  population  of  55,000,000  there  are  only  about  150.000  native 
Protestant  Christians.  26,000,000  have  never  yet  had  an  adequate 
chance  to  accept  Christ.  The  hopeful  side  is  that  there  is  a  re- 
ceptive spirit  toward  Christianity  and  many  new  inquirers  are 
constantly  being  enrolled.  In  the  last  three  years  1,200.000  copies 
of  the  P>ible  were  sold  in  Japan  and  the  demand  for  admission  to 
Christian  schools  and  colleges  is  greater  than  can  be  granted.  What 
is  done  for  Christ  in  Japan  ought  to  be  done  quickly,  for  men  who 
know  are  telling  us  that  the  days  of  largest  opportunity  arc 
sz^'iftly  passin(j. 

China,  the  giant,  comprises  one-fourth  the  population  of  the 
globe.  Dr.  W.  A.  F*.  ^Martin,  whose  experience  in  educational 
work  in  China  is  surpassed  by  none,  says,  "In  point  of  illiteracy 
there  is  no  doubt  that  China  stands  at  the  top  of  the  list  showing 
a  larger  proportion  of  non-readers  than  any  other  country  not 
wholly  barbarous.  Thus  the  people  holding  education  in  the 
highest  honor  are  themselves  the  most  illiterate.  One  chief 
reason  for  this  is  that  in  order  to  learn  to  read  the  old  Chinese 
books  it  was  necessary  to  learn  4.000  different  characters.  More- 
over the  written  and  spoken  languages  were  entirely  distinct  so 
the  task  was  greatly  complicated. 

In  recent  years  missionaries  have  produced  a  simpler  liter- 
ature by  reducing  the  spoken  language  to  written  form.  I>ut  only 
a  mere  beginning  has  yet  been  made  among  China's  millions.  It 
is  estimated  that  ninety-fiic  per  cent,  of  the  people  are  still  unable 
to  read  and  ivritc  and  oidy  two  out  of  a  hundred  of  tlie  ehildren 
arc  no-iV  in  school.  The  poverty  of  the  people  is  so  great  that 
the  unceasing  struggle  for  daily  bread  consumes  almost  every  bit 
of  their  energy. 

American  teachers  are  unanimous  in  their  testimonv  that  the 
capacity  of  the  Chinese  student  for  learning  is  unsurpassed  by 
those  of  any  nation.  His  ability  to  memorize  with  accuracy  is 
marvellous.     A  missionary  tells  his  experience  with  two  Chinese 


Ijoys  who  had  been  .stud}-ing  for  a  short  time  with  a  native  pastor. 
He  tried  them  on  the  gospel  of  John  and  found  them  both  able 
to  repeat  from  memory  the  entire  book  with  a  rapidity  and  ac- 
curacy that  almost  made  his  head  whirl.  Many  of  the  boys  and 
girls  in  our  day  and  boarding  schools  have  memorized  from  one 
to  four  gospels. 

Nothing  would  ever  have  been  done  for  the  education  of 
Chinese  girls  had  not  Christian  missionaries  acted  on  the  con- 
viction that  China  would  never  be  changed  till  something  was 
done  for  her  women.  Many  Christian  girls'  schools  and  colleges 
have  recently  come  into  prominence  which  a  few  years  ago  would 
have  been  considered  impossible  but  even  now  the  opportunities 
for  higher  education  for  women  are  much  limited.  If  the  United 
States  had  as  many  girls  in  college  in  proportion  to  her  popula- 
tion as  has  China  there  would  be  but  seven  girls  in  college  in  our 
whole  country.  It  has  been  said  that,  "Women  ignorant  made 
China  Ikiddhist,  will  not  women  educated  make  China  Christian?" 

A  missionary  of  much  experience  says,  "I  sometimes  think 
an  indigenous  church  is  more  likely  to  grow  up  around  a  mission 
school  than  around  a  mission  church."  It  is  estimated  that  eighty 
per  cent,  of  the  Christians  in  China  are  brought  into  the  church 
by  native  Christians  themselves,  not  by  preachers  or  missionaries. 
"One  loving  heart  sets  another  on  fire."  But  the  greatest  obstaele 
to  the  groivth  of  the  church  in  China  is  illiteracy,  especially  is 
this  the  case  with  women  and  others  who  enter  the  church  too 
late  in  life  to  learn  to  read.  Such  members  are  entirely  depend- 
ent, humanly  speaking,  on  the  preacher  and  teacher  for  their 
spiritual  food,  and  the  under-fed  soul  is  necessarily  the  weak  soul. 
Our  missionary,  Mr.  Davis,  says  that  many  of  these  men  and 
women,  gray  with  age,  are  so  hungry  to  read  the  Word  for 
themselves  that  they  sometimes  come  and  request  that  a  night 
school  be  opened  for  their  instruction.  This  was  done  in  one 
of  our  churches  in  Siu  Lam  and  how  delighted  they  were,  after  a 
course  of  six  months,  to  begin  to  read  the  Word  of  God  for  them- 
selves. 

The  transitional  movement  now  on  m  China  is  like  that  of 
the  great  Renaissance  in  Europe  during  the  fifteenth  century.  The 
people  have  caught  a  new  intellectual  vision  and  mission  schools 
easily  hold  the  lead  in  educational  work.  Mr.  John  F.  Goucher 
writing  in  the  World  Outlook,  says^  "A  milliofi  public  schools 
are  now  needed  in  China  rly  65,000,000  children  are  luaitiiuj 


for  schools.  This  land  wants  the  best  of  education  from  the 
primary  school  to  the  university.  Mission  schools  now  have 
100,000  pupils  and  there  is  a  chance  to  train  ten  times  their  num- 
ber to  become  teachers  alone."  This  opportunity  now  offered 
to  the  Church  of  supplying  Christian  teachers  and  leaders  for 
the  new  educational  movement  can  not  be  overestimated.  Here 
is  a  chance  for  the  church  through  its  mission  schools  to  in- 
fluence and  mould  the  lives  of  the  future  leaders  in  China  and 
to  permeate  the  whole  thought  of  the  people  with  the  ideals  of 
Christ.  Our  opportunity  is  limited  only  by  our  vision  and  our 
consecration. 

In  this  land  of  new  and  glorious  opportunity  the  United' 
Brethren  Church  is  directly  responsil:)le  for  a  great  section  includ- 
ing part  of  Canton,  all  of  Siu  Lam  and  stretching  far  to  the 
southward.  These  yellow-faced  children  of  ours  stand  hefort 
us  like  so  many  great  human  question  marks.  Whence  shall  come 
the  morality,  religion  and  education  of  to-morrow  so  deeply 
needed?  The  United  Brethren  Church  must  help  them  find  the 
only  sufficient  answer. 


A  Glimpse  into  Our  Mission  Schools 

"God  is  working  through  a  thousand  channels  to  bring  this 
world  to  himself,  .\otwithstanding  the  unparalleled  struggle  of 
the  hour  we  believe  that  modern  education  is  being  increasingly 
used  to  make  dominant  the  spirit  of  Him  who  said,  T  am  among 
you  as  he  that  serveth',  for  the  spirit  of  true  service  is  the  spirit 
of  Christ." 

The  one  object  for  which  our  mission  schools  exist  is  that  of 
training  young  lives  and  fitting  them  to  serve  God  and  their  fel- 
low men. 

Reaching  Out  a  Helping  Hand  to  Africa.  From  the 
early  days  of  our  work  in  this  land  the  children  have  been  gath- 
ered into  schools  and  carefully  instructed,  not  merely  in  the  usual 
branches  of  the  public  schools  of  America  but  also  in  cleanliness, 
purity,  honesty,  industry  and  in  love  toward  God  and  men.  Great 
emphasis  has  ever  been  placed  upon  the  educational  phase  of 
work  in- this  field.  Every  one  of  our  thirty-two  mission  stations 
has  its  day  school.  Boarding  schools  for  boys  are  maintained  at 
Freetown,  Shenge,  Taiama.  Ronietta,  Rotifimk,  Jiama  ;  anrl  one 
for  girls  at  Moyamba. 


FROM    KINDERGARTENS 


THESE  ARE  OUR  HOPE  AND 


TO    TRAINING    SCHOOL 


#0  S!.|©J'"t~--^ 


CROWN    OF    REJOICING 


The  Rufus  Clark  and  Wife  Training  School  for  boys,  located 
at  Shenge,  sixty  miles  south  of  Freetown,  was  opened  in  188(\, 
when  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rufus  Clark,  of  Denver.  Colorado, 
donated  $5,000  for  this  purpose.  The  institution,  which  also  in- 
cludes a  manual  training  department,  is  elementary  in  its  work 
but  sends  its  graduates  to  the  Albert  Academy  for  the  completion 
of  their  course.  The  same  policy  is  carried  out  with  the  boys' 
boarding  schools  at  other  stations. 

The  importance  of  the  work  done  in  the  Girls'  Boarding  school 
at  Moyamba  in  preparing  girls  for  life  as  wives  and  mothers  is 
becoming  increasingly  appreciated.  There  is  a  growing  conviction 
among  our  missionaries  that  the  key  to  Africa's  future  is  a 
trained  Christian  womanhood.  Added  to  the  recpiired  work  in 
the  schoolroom  girls  are  given  specialized  training  in  laundry 
work,  plain  and  fancy  sewing,  raffia  work,  cooking  and  general 
housekeeping. 

During  Self-Denial  Week  of  last  year  Miss  Odle  who  is  in 
charge  of  the  school,  wrote,  "We  are  having  public  prayer  meet- 
ings at  5  :  30  every  morning  this  week.  We  never  had  such  meet- 
ings. The  house  was  nearly  full  this  morning.  It  means  some- 
thing to  get  this  household  up  at  5  o'clock  and  go  to  church, 
then  wash,  iron,  do  all  the  morning  work  and  get  the  whole  bunch 
off  to  school.  We  have  the  finest  lot  of  girls  we  have  ever  had. 
It  is  great  to  be  the  mother  of  them  all." 

The  over-crowded  quarters  of  Moyamba  school  are  a  constant 
handicap  to  the  work.  The  missionary  in  charge  writes,  "We 
must  have  new  accommodations  for  our  fifty  girls.  We  could 
have  a  hundred  girls  if  we  only  had  a  place  to  put  them."  Girls 
have  to  be  constantly  turned  away  and  it  is  not  an  easy  thing  to 
say  "no"  when  it  means  turning  the  key  on  every  bright  hope  they 
have  cherished  both  for  this  life  and  that  which  is  to  come.  The 
need  at  Moyamba  is  imperative. 

Industrial  work  along  many  lines  has  a  definite  place  in  all 
our  schools.  Small  farms  and  gardens  adjoining  many  of  our 
mission  stations  are  used  for  practical  teaching  in  agriculture 
and  at  the  same  time  help  to  provide  food  for  the  pupils. 

A  large  majority  of  all  our  school  children  are  Christians. 
Very  few  pass  the  third  or  fourth  grade  before  being  baptized  and 
becoming  full  communicant  members  of  our  churches.  The 
present  and  future  of  Africa  depends  in  a  large  measure  on  the 
maintenance  of  good  mission  schools. 

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Many  of  the  pupils  in  our  schools  begin  definite  Christian 
service  at  an  early  age  by  assisting  in  various  ways  with  the  work 
of  the  local  churches  and  the  evangelizing  of  near-by  towns.  The 
idea  that  they  are  the  means  through  whom  their  people  shall  be, 
led  to  Christ  is  early  instilled  into  their  hearts  and  minds. 

Albert  Academy,  located  in  Freetown,  stands  at  the  head  of 
our  African  schools  and  holds  an  important  relation  to  our 
whole  system  of  educational  training.  It  is  not  a  professional 
school.  Its  whole  aim  is  the  development  of  intelligent  Christian 
character,  to  give  young  men  the  basis  of  a  good  education  and 
create  in  them  a  passion  for  service  among  their  own  people. 
Special  attention  is  given  to  Bible  study. 

Manual  training  has  proved  a  great  factor  in  the  development 
of  the  Academy  students.  This  industrial  feature  is  unique  in 
West  Africa.  A  system  of  self-help  has  been  recently  introduced 
whereby  young  men  without  funds  may  support  themselves  in 
school  by  working  certain  hours  each  day  in  the  Industrial  De- 
partment. This  develops  in  them  a  spirit  of  self  reliance  and 
ability  to  "do  things".  The  boys  in  this  Self-Help  Department 
are  among  the  best  in  the  school.  At  the  close  of  last  year 
many  of  them  won  prizes  for  scholarship  and  general  efficiency. 

In  the  work  shop  cabinet  making  is  taught  and  the  quality 
of  the  wood  work  products  is  so  much  appreciated  in  Freetown 
and  other  places  that  it  is  impossible  to  supply  the  demand. 

A  Printing  Department  is  also  maintained  and  the  work  is 
done  by  students.  "The  Sierra  Leone  Outlook",  the  monthly 
paper  of  the  mission,  is  published  in  this  department.  It  is  the 
only  Christian  paper  issued  in  Sierra  Leone.  A  large  line  of  other 
literature  both  in  the  English  and  native  languages  is  published 
here.  Without  solicitation  far  more  commercial  printing  is  of- 
fered to  the  school  than  those  in  charge  dare  accept  with  their 
present  staff  and  equipment. 

An  Itinerant's  League  is  maintained  in  the  Academy  whereby 
the  gospel  is  given  in  various  languages  to  the  people  in  Free- 
town every  Sunday. 

A  veteran  missionary  from  South  Africa,  on  a  recent  visit  to 
the  Academy,  said  enthusiastically,  'T  have  been  looking  for  a 
school  like  this  all  my  life." 

In  1908  the  first  trained  workers  were  sent  out  as  graduates 
from  the  Academy  and  since  that  time  the  mission  staff  has  been 
annually  recruited  with  able  native  leaders  from  that  institution. 

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New  Buildings  and  Graduates,  Elizabeth  Kumler  Miller  Seminary 


There  have  been  decided  gains  in  the  efficiency  of  native  workers 
and  the  Church  is  taking  a  more  aggressive  part  in  the  propaga- 
tion of  the  gospeh 

Our  mission  work  in  the  protectorate  is  divided  into  nine 
Quarterly  Conference  Districts  and  the  churches  comprising  each 
district  support  a  scholarship  in  Albert  Academy,  each  choosing 
the  student  from  their  own  section  who  shall  receive  this  bene- 
fit ;  thus  nine  additional  boys  are  given  a  higher  education  by  the 
gifts  of  their  friends  in  the  interior. 

Helping  to  Meet  China's  Need.  America  did  a  great 
and  generous  thing  when  she  turned  back  to  China  the  Boxer 
indemnity  to  be  used  for  the  education  of  Chinese  students  in 
America.  She  did  a  greater  thing  for  China  wdien  she  sent  Chris- 
tian missionaries  to  help  give  a  rebirth  to  the  old  Chinese  system  of 
education.  Let  us  contrast  the  old  and  the  new  schools  of  China. 
x\fter  the  old  fashion  we  must  picture  a  stuffy  little  schoolroom 
located  in  unsanitary  quarters,  within  this  a  score  or  more  of 
boys  perched  on  high  stools  with  their  legs  dangling  and  all 
shouting  their  lessons  in  shrill  voices  the  live  long  day.  After  the 
new  fashion  picture  an  airy,  well  lighted  room  in  sanitary  cjuar- 
ters.  The  pupils,  girls  as  well  as  boys,  neatly  washed,  dressed 
and  combed,  are  seated  on  comfortable  I'.enches  studying  quietly 
and  reciting  their  lessons  to  a  kind  faced  teacher. 

Our  Church  now  has  in  China  eight  lower  primary  schools  and 
three  higher  primary  schools  with  an  aggregate  of  twenty-eight 
teachers.  Our  mission  also  maintains  a  Grammar  School  for 
boys.  A  recent  gift  of  $10,000  from  a  friend  in  America  will 
help  to  make  possible  the  much  needed  building  and  equipment 
for  this  school.  The  need  for  a  school  of  higher  training  is  most 
imperative  in  our  mission  field  in  China. 

The  chief  aim  in  our  United  Brethren  schools  as  well  as  in  all 
mission  schools  is  to  build  up  an  educated  church  and  a  stiong 
native  leadership.  It  is  impossible  to  develop  a  strong  church 
out  of  an  illiterate  membership.  For  this  reason  our  mission  plans 
to  give  at  least  an  elementary  education  to  all  the  children  of  our 
church  members  and  to  as  many  others  as  possible,  in  their  com- 
munities. 

As  in  Africa  so  in  China  most  of  the  children  attending  our 
schools  become  Christians.  The  Bible  is  taught  as  a  regular  sub- 
ject, students  commit  whole  chapters  and  books  to  memory,  and 
special  attention  is  given  to  preparing  pupils  for  general  evangel- 
istic and  personal  work. 

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Students  in  Albert  Academy  Passin; 

From  the  primary  and  grammar  schools  our  pupils  must  be 
sent  to  schools  conducted  by  other  Christian  denominations  as  we 
have  no  institutions  of  higher  learning  of  our  own.  Many  of  our 
native  pastors  are  receiving  their  training  in  the  Union  Theolog- 
ical Seminary  with  which  we  are  co-operating. 

The  Elizabeth  Kumler  Miller  Seminarv  for  girls  at  Siu  Lam 
is  our  best  organized  and  equipped  school'  in  China.  There  is  a 
student  body  of  seventy-eight  including  the  kindergarten  and  a 
staff  of  eleven  native  teachers  most  of  whom  are  graduates 
of  this  school.  Miller  Seminary  aims  to  do  first-class  work  in 
?.\\  the  grades.  About  twenty  of  the  students  are  earning  their 
wa}^  either  in  whole  or  in  part. 

Miller  Seminary  has  from  the  first  been  one  of  our  best 
evangelizing  agencies  among  women.     Not  only  are  pupils  being 

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won  to  Christ,  but  through  them  the  parents  and  many  of  the 
neighbors  are  reached.  The  missionaries  and  teachers  are  often 
unable  to  enter  all  the  homes  opened  to  them  bv  the  students  The 
girls  contribute  much  to  the  work  of  the  local  church  in  that 
great  city  by  their  music,  teaching  Sunday-school  classes  leadin<r 
young  people  s  meetings  and  visitation  in  homes.  They  also  enjoy 
doing  evangelistic  work  in  the  surrounding  villages. 

A  prominent  Chinese  educator  said  at  the  dedication  of  Mil- 
ler Seminary  buildings,  "The  United  Brethren  people  have  given 
one  of  the  most  costly  gifts  to  China  and  Sui  Lam.  This  Aliller 
Seminary  will  bless  thousands  of  homes  and  prepare  better  mothers 
for  China."  A  young  man  said,  "My  sisters  were  old  women  be- 
fore they  went  to  Miller  Seminary  but  now  they  are  girls  who  see 
visions  and  possibilities  for  their  lives." 

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Putting  Christ  Into  the  Schools  of  Japan.  The  very 
good  system  of  government  schools  in  Japan  makes  the  providing 
for  general  education  unnecessary  on  the  part  of  Mission  Boards. 
Chief  attention  therefore  is  being  given  by  these  Boards  to  the 
establishing  of  schools  for  specific  Christian  training.  Our  own 
mission  is  co-operating  with  the  Doshisha  L^niversity  at  Kyoto 
and  has  at  present  one  missionary  and  one  native  professor  on 
the  staff  of  the  Theological  Department  oi  the  school. 

The  Doshisha  is  said  to  be  cue  of  the  best  agencies  for 
Christian  training  in  all  Asia.  It  was  founded  in  1875,  by  a 
Christian  Japanese,  Dr.  J.  Neeshima,  and  is  the  pioneer  educa- 
tional institution  in  Japan  based  upon  Christian  principles.  Since 
attaining  the  title  of  University,  five  years  ago,  the  student 
body  has  almost  doubled,  now  numbering  1,858,  of  which  708 
are  in  the  university  departments.  More  than  a  hundred  students 
have  been  refused  admission  this  year  because  of  lack  of  accom- 
modation. There  is  a  staff  of  155  teachers  and  lecturers,  and  has 
a  library  of  nearly  43,0C0  books.  (!iirls  as  well  as  boys  are  ad- 
mitted to  the  Doshisha  and  are  doing  most  creditable  work. 

Evangelism  has  always  had  a  leading  place  in  the  work  of 
this  university.  Its  founder  was  a  man  who  sought  first  the 
Kingdom  of  God,  and  the  spirit  of  his  life  has  been  fostered. 
Students  often  take  responsible  parts  in  evangelistic  campaigns 
and  a  goodly  number  of  them  are  in  training  for  the  ministry. 

Missionaries  have  found  a  large  and  fruitful  field  in  kinder- 
garten work  in  Japan.  These  Christian  schools  take  in  the  tiny 
tots  at  a  time  when  their  hearts  are  easily  inclined  to  love  and 
worship  the  true  God.  The  winning  of  the  love  of  these  little 
ones  proves  to  be  a  wonderful  entering  wedge  into  the  homes 
from  which  they  come.  Our  mission  is  conducting  Christian 
Kindergartens  in  the  cities  of  Tokyo,  Otsu  and  Zeze. 

Training  Christian  Leaders  in  the  Philippines.  Uncle 
Sam's  splendid  public  school  system  in  the  Philippine  Islands  re- 
lieves Mission  Boards  of  that  responsibiHty  and  enables  them  to 
concentrate  on  training  leaders  for  specific  Christian  work. 

In  this  field  as  in  japan,  Protestant  churches  are  co-operating 
in  the  training  of  Christian  workers.  This  co-operative  work 
gives  Protestantism  a  united  force  and  also  gives  to  each  mis- 
sion a  training  school  at  a  great  saving  in  cost  and  maintenance. 
Four  missions,  the  Methodist  Episcopal,  Presbyterian,  United 
Brethren  and  Christian  are  now  co-operating  in  the  Union  Theo- 

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logical  Seminary  in  Manila  while  the  Baptist,  Congregational  and 
Christian  and  Missionary  Alliance  missions  are  sending  students 
for  training  and  the  two  former  expect  soon  to  have  represent- 
atives on  the  faculty.  The  young  men  who  go  out  from  this 
Seminary  represent  the  finest  spirit  of  fraternity  and  comity  and 
are  the  right  kind  of  leaders  to  bring  the  future  church  of  the 
Philippines  into  unity  and  efficiency. 

In  the  student  body  of  the  Seminary  are  represented  all  the 
leading  dialects  or  language  groups  of  the  Philippines.  The  custom 
is  for  the  students  to  be  in  the  Seminary  a  term  and  then  work  a 
year  in  the  pastorate  so  as  to  give  opportunity  for  the  largest 
number  possible  to  be  in  training  and  at  the  same  time  keep  the 
fields  supplied  with  workers.  They  receive  in  addition  to  the 
regular  Theological  course,  training  in  music  and  Sunday-school 
management. 

Another  fruitful  phase  of  educational  work  is  that  of  main- 
taining dormitories  for  young  men  and  women  away  from  home 
attending  government  schools.  This  gives  missionaries  an  op- 
portunity to  influence  young  students  in  the  formative  period  of 
life  and  to  lead  them  to  Christ  and  into  Christian  service.  Our 
mission  maintains  two  such  dormitories,  one  in  Manila  and  the 
other  in  San  Fernando.  The  former  is  known  as  the  Otterbein 
dormitory.  It  provides  a  home  for  Ilocano  students  and  employed 
men  and  accommodates  about  thirty-five.  It  is  in  charge  of  one 
of  our  reliable  Theological  students.  This  domiitory  has  a  live 
Young  Men's  League  whose  weekly  meetings  for  the  discussion 
of  student  topics  are  attended  by  many  outsiders.  The  dormitory 
at  San  Fernando  is  in  charge  of  our  Son  Fernando  pastor  and 
his  wife  and  does  similar  work  to  that  done  in  Manila.  It  is  lo- 
cated in  the  high  school  center  of  our  provincial  field  and  its 
aim  is  to  provide  a  clean  Christian  home  for  many  teachers  and 
high-school  students.  Near  at  hand  is  the  Publishing  House  where 
the  Arford  Reading  Rooms  are  open  to  all  students  and  attract 
large  numbers. 

The  Young  Women's  l^>ible  Training  School  and  Dormitory 
at  San  Fernando  enrolled  forty-six  girls  in  1918,  all  of  whom  are 
preparing  for  definite  Christian  work  as  teachers,  deaconesses 
and  missionaries.  A  four  year's  course  of  study  is  offered  in  ad- 
dition to  much  practical  work  in  evangelism.  In  a  recent  com- 
munication Miss  Weber  says,  "Our  dormitory  will  not  hold  all 
who  want  to  come  in,  stretch  it  as  we  may.     We  have  forty-six 

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young  people  and  a  missionary  living  in  a  building  of  eleven 
ordinary  sized  rooms,  and  a  waiting  list  that  can't  be  'squoze'  in 
any  place  at  present.  One  of  the  hardest  things  for  me  to  do  is 
to  turn  a  girl  away,  especially  after  she  arrives  with  bag  and 
baggage  and  expects  to  study ^he  Bible."  A  new  building  will 
be  erected  as  soon  as  sufficient  funds  have  been  received. 

Co-Operative  Training  in  Porto  Rico.  The  Christian  train- 
ing work  carried  on  by  our  misiion  in  this  Island  is  so  closely 
associated  with  that  of  other  Protestant  societies  that  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  write  of  it  singly  and  alone.  This  union  work  is  so 
harmonious,  so  satisfactory  and  so  successful  that  the  entire 
Protestant  church  in  Porto  Rico  is  practically  one. 

Through  a  system  of  "Preparation  for  Service  in  Service," 
reading  courses,  institutes,  etc..  our  missionaries  have  done 
good  work  in  preparing  Porto  Rican  ministers.  Eight  of  the  de- 
nominations working  in  the  Island,  our  own  church  included, 
are  now  uniting  in  plans  for  an  interdenominational  Theological 
Seminary. 

Our  mission  is  co-operating  with  the  Polytechnic  Institute  at 
San  German.  Several  of  our  most  promising  men  are  graduates 
of  that  institution  all  of  whom  are  looking  forward  to  the  minis- 
try. Two  of  these  are  continuing  their  studies  at  the  Theological 
Seminary  at  Mayaguez.  The  Polytechnic  Institute  is  doing  more 
than  any  other  school  to  break  down  the  old  idea  that  labor  is 
degrading.  All  students,  both  boys  and  girls  of  all  classes,  are 
required  to  do  several  hours  work  every  day  in  the  different 
trades  and  their  ideals  are  being  completely  changed. 

A  Christian  Seminary  for  young  women  has  recently  been 
opened  in  Porto  Rico  to  which  our  mission  is  sending  a  limited 
number  of  girls. 

In  addition  to  the  conduct  of  schools  of  all  grades  our  mis- 
sionaries are  supplementing  the  training  of  workers  by  Bible  con- 
ference. Teachers  Institutes,  Reading  Courses,  etc..  according  to 
the  particular  need  in  each  field. 

Our  missionaries  are  facing  baffling  problems  in  their  ef- 
forts to  prepare  the  native  church  for  efficient  service  in  these 
various  fields.  They  do  not  shrink.  These  staggering  difficulties 
seem  to  hold  peculiar  attractions  for  great  souls  for  they  make 
life  seem  tremendouslv  worth  while. 


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Trained  Leaders  from  Our  Mission  Schools 

"Have  you  cier  seen  the  light  break  over  the  cliff  tops  of 
some  high  mountain  peak?  Have  you  ever  luatched  the  sun  kiss 
a  landscape  into  beauty?  Have  you  ever  seen  the  earth  dance 
with  gladness  as  the  sun  bathed  it  with  radiance  and  warmth?  Oh, 
it's  a  great  sight;  but  there  is  no  sight  like  seeing  the  light  from 
Calvary  kiss  a  human  face  as  it  fills  the  heart  zcifh  assurance  of 
Divine  forgiieness." — Gipsy  Smith. 

They  "must  increase  but  I  must  decrease"  must  ever  be  the 
attitude  of  the  missionary  toward  the  rising  native  leaders  in  the 
land  of  his  labors.  They  are  the  hope  and  promise  of  the  final 
triumph  of  the  gospel.  A  goodly  number  of  such  leaders  have 
been  trained  in  our  mission  schools  who  are  now  able  to  stand 
shoulder  to  shoulder  with  the  missionaries  in  facing  the  responsi- 
bilities of  the  New  Day.  Space  will  permit  of  the  roll  call  of  but 
a  few. 

At  the  head  of  our  West  African  list  we  shall  place  the  name 
of  Rev.  Alfred  T.  Sumner.  Mr.  Sumner  is  a  Sherbro  by  birth. 
He  received  his  elementary  training  in  our  Rufus  Clark  and  Wife 
school  at  Shenge,  where  his  keen  intellect  was  awakened  and  a 
thirst  for  further  knowdedge  developed.  In  face  of  baffling  odds 
he  finally  made  his  way  to  America  and  entered  Lebanon  Valley 
College  at  Annville,  Pennsylvania.  After  completing  his  college 
course  he  returned  to  Africa  and  married  his  Sherbro  sweetheart 
who  had  been  waiting  for  him  all  these  years  and  furthered  her 
education  under  his  own  tutorship.  During  the  years  that  have 
since  passed  Mr.  Sumner  .has  labored  unceasingly  for  the  spread 
of  the  gospel  among  his  own  countrymen.  Part  of  the  time  he 
has  served  as  pastor  of  our  largest  native  churches.  He  is  now 
the  assistant  principal  of  Albert  Academy. 

Mr.  Sumner  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  author  of  "A 
Hand-book  of  the  Mende  Language,"  which  was  published  by  the 
government  of  Sierra  Leone  in  1917.  This  book  is  the  first  of  its 
kind  ever  produced  by  a  native  of  Sierra  Leone.  It  has  received 
most  favorable  press  comment  and  is  highly  commended  by  the 
Sierra  Leone  governor  and  by  the  general  public. 

Mr.  Sumner  is  a  man  much  sought  after  for  government  serv- 
ice and  has  offers  of  salary  double  that  which  he  is  now  receiving. 
Just  at  this  time  they  would  like  to  use  him  as  one  of  the  leaders 
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native  language  teachers  in  his  section  and  in  addition  to  his 
heavy  work  in  the  Ac:)demy  gives  private  lessons  to  Enghsh 
government  officials,  amcn<:  them  the  governor's  aid-de-camp 
and  private  secretary,  the  Director  of  Education  and  the  principal 
and  teachers  of  the  Government  School  for  chief's  sons. 

Rev.  Stephen  B.  Caulker  is  another  leader  trained  in  the  Rufus 
Clark  and  Wife  School.  After  completing  his  education  he  served 
for  some  years  both  as  pastor  and  teacher  at  stations  in  the  Pro- 
tectorate and  then  was  brought  to  Freetown  as  a  teacher  in  Albert 
/■cademy.  He  is  now  pastor  at  Bonthe,  our  largest  African 
rhurch,  formerly  served  by  Rev.  R.  Cookson  Taylor.  This  church 
is  wholly  self-supporting.  Over  two  hundred  of  its  members 
are  giving  by  the  system  of  weekly  offerings  and  in  sums  ranging 
from  two  cents  to  $2.50  per  week.  One  fourth  of  all  their  offer- 
ings are  sacredly  set  aside  for  the  extension  of  mission  work  and 
none  of  the  money  can  be  touched  for  any  other  object  till  this 
fourth  has  been  taken  out.  For  the  first  quarter  of  the  year 
1918,  their  missionary  offerings  alone  averaged  over  $50  a  month. 
In  this  Bonthe  church  there  is  a  membershij)  committee  that  meets 
regularly  to  study  the  spiritual  condition  of  the  members  and  to 
examine  every  person  applying  for  membership  to  ascertain  if 
they  are  eligible.  Mrs.  Sumner,  mother  of  Rev.  A.  T.  Sumner,  is 
a  member  of  this  church  and  teacher  of  a  large  Bible  class 'of 
women. 

Rev.  Thomas  Hallowell  began  his  education  at  the  Rotifunk 
school..  He  was  converted  from  .Mohammedanism  in  his  early 
manhood  and  after  be  had  a  family.  It  was  no  easy  task  for  him 
to  secure  an  education  under  these  conditions  but  his  love  for 
Jesus  and  a  consuming  desire  to  preach  his  gospel  prompted  him 
to  do  the  unusual,  and  after  working  all  day  he  studied  nights  to 
qualify  for  it  and  is  now  an  ordained  pastor.  His  life  service  has 
been  one  of  almost  unbroken  success  largely  due,  no  doubt,  to  the 
rnceasing  prayers  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Hallowell  in  America  for 
wliose  deceased  husband  this  African  worker  was  named  and  who 
supported  him  with  her  sacrificial  gifts  for  a  long  period  of 
years. 

For  thirteen  years  Mr.  tiallowell  was  pastor  at  Ronietta  where 
he  built  a  church  and  gathered  a  good'  membership,  also  built 
a  mission  house,  planted  fruit  trees,  etc.  In  addition  to  his 
pastoral  duties  he  has  conducted  a  boarding  school  for  boys  which 


has  contributed  a  number  of  fine  students  for  the  Academy  and 
good  leaders  for  mission  work. 

Mr.  Hallowell  now  has  charge  of  the  mission  at  Yonni  Banna 
and  is  building  up  a  work  similar  to  that  at  his  former  station.  He 
is  erecting"  a  church,  parsonage,  schoolhouse,  teacher's  house,  and 
boys'  home.  The  chief  at  Yonni  Banna,  who  was  a  Mohammedan, 
has  become  a  Christian  and  has  set  all  his  sub-chiefs  and  their 
men  to  the  task  of  helping  Mr.  Hallowell  to  build  up  the  mission. 
This  pastor  holds  prayer  meetings  zcith  his  people  every  morning 
from  four  to  five-thirty  o'clock. 

Rev.  J.  Alfred  Smart  is  another  glorious  product  of  our 
schools.  He  is  now  a  very  successful  pastor  at  Rotifunk,  where 
some  kind  of  religious  meetings  are  held  almost  every  day  of  the 
year  in  the  Martyr's  Memorial  Church.  His  church  is  entirely 
self-supporting  and  gives  a  hundred  dollars  or  more  each  ye.ir 
to  missions.  In  his  zeal  to  help  other  children  secure  training  for 
Christian  service  like  that  which  has  transformed  his  own  life, 
Mr.  Smart,  like  many  of  our  other  African  workers,  is  taking 
child  after  child  into  his  home,  providing  them  with  food,  shelter 
and  clothing  at  his  own  expense  and  giving  them  the  privilege  of  a 
Christian  education. 

James  Metzger,  the  son  of  a  native  government  official,  is 
a  graduate  of  Albert  Academy  as  are  all  his  brothers.  Immedi- 
ately after  his  graduation  he  was  employed  as  a  teacher  on  the 
Academy  staff  where  he  has  served  acceptably  for  nine  years. 
He  has  repeatedly  been  offered  positions  carrying  more  salary 
than  he  now  receives  but  refuses  to  leave  the  school  that  has  done 
so  much  for  him.  His  brother  was  the  first  Sierra  Leonian  to 
enter  the  University  of  London. 

And  what  shall  we  say  of  the  splendid  girls  at  Moyamba  ?  To 
this  place  many  of  our  ministers  come  to  find  their  wives,  and 
indeed  it  is  these  well-trained  Christian  wives  that  help  to  make 
possible  the  success  of  so  many  of  the  native  men.  They  are 
able  to  go  into  the  mission  schools  and  teach  side  by  side  with 
their  husbands  and  also  assist  in  the  religious  services.  Here  is 
one  example  of  many:  Pruda,  from  Moyamba,  married  Mr. 
Henry  Golly  and  together  they  are  most  efficiently  continuing  the 
work  at  Ronietta  so  well  established  by  Mr.  Hallowell.  They 
have  big  prayer  meetings  and  a  flourishing  Junior  work.  The 
Sunshine  Committee  of  the  Juniors  is  providing .  the  support 
of  three  boys  in  school.     Extensive  itinerating  is  done  by  these 


workers.  Mrs.  Golly  is  a  Temne  hence  familiar  with  the  lan- 
guage of  the  people  among  whom  they  work,  but  Mr.  Golly,  being 
of  another  tribe  does  not  speak  the  Temne  so  his  wife  has  become 
his  language  teacher  and  a  very  strict  tutor  she  is,  too. 

Rev.  Takejiro  Ishiguro  is  a  sample  of  what  Christian  train- 
ing means  to  a  Japanese  man.  Mr.  Ishiguro  himself  testifies  that 
the  first  thing  that  led  him  to  give  up  the  Buddhist  religion  was 
education.  He  attended  the  Doshisha  School  in  Kyoto  and  later 
snent  two  years  in  Bonebrake  Theological  Seminary,  of  Dayton, 
Ohio.  When  ready  to  return  to  Japan  he  said,  "Now  I  am 
through  with  my  preparation  in  school  and  ready  to  go  out  to 
war  for  Jesus  Christ  in  Japan.  All  my  preparation  is  but  am- 
munition. I  have  set  my  aim  to  win  thousands  of  Japanese  to 
Jesus  Christ,  and  secure  one  hundred  native  preachers  before  I 
die.  What  I  need  now  is  the  fire  from  God — the  Holy  Spirit 
That  is  my  desire.  Will  you  pray  that  God  may  give  me  the  Holy 
Spirit  and  fire?"  Since  there  is  nothing  so  sweet  in  all  this  world 
to  me  as  Jesus  Christ,  I  want  all  my  friends  to  know  him.  If  I 
had  ten  lives,  yes,  if  I  had  one  hundred  lives  I  would  gladly  give 
them  all  in  service  for  my  precious  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 

Mr.  Ishiguro  did  not  live  to  serve  long.  He  has  now  gone  to 
higher  service.  He  never  realized  his  great  wish,  to  lead  a 
hundred  young  men  into  the  ministry  but  many  have  made  this 
important  decision  under  his  influence  and  many  more  led  to 
know  Jesus  Christ  as  their  personal  Savior.  He  was  alwavs 
A  good  Samaritan  to  those  in  need.  He  often  kept  students  in 
his  home  for  days  or  months  at  a  time,  always  having  one  and 
sometimes  two  or  three.  The  majority  of  these  boys  were  mea- 
gerly  supported  and  he  aided  them  bv  eivins:  them  board  in  whole 
or  in  part.  Some  of  them  he  loved  like  his  own  children.  He 
did  not  have  a  large  salary  and  it  was  impossible  for  him  to  do 
this  work  for  young  men  without  ere^t  personal  sacrifice.  He 
often  said  to  his  wife.  "Until  I  die  I  wish  to  live  like  a  student," 
that  is  a  plain  simple  life  without  any  luxuries. 

For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Ishiguro  was  pastor  of  our  Church 
m  Kyoto  and  was  a  leader  in  interdenominational  movements 
not  only  in  his  city  but  in  the  whole  Empire  as  well. 

Rev.  C.  Yasuda  is  a  eraduate  of  the  Doshisha  University  and 
while  there  won  a  scholarship  which  entitled  him  to  two  years  of 
special  training  in  America.  It  was  just  wdien  he  had  finished  his 
Theological  work  in  America  that  news  came  of  the  death  of  his 


beloved  friend  Mr.  Ishignro  and  a  little  later  he  learned  that  he 
himself  had  been  appointed  to  fill  the  place  made  vacant  by  Mr. 
Ishiguro's  death.  He  was  ordained  by  Bishop  Mathews  in  the 
First  United  Brethren  Church,  Dayton,  Ohio,  then  hastened  to  his 
waiting  parish  in  Kyoto,  Japan,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in 
loyal  service  for  the  King. 

Rev.  Kiyoshi  Yabe  is  among  our  best  trained  and  most  suc- 
cessful Christian  workers  in  Japan.  He  received  his  education 
in  America  and  is  a  graduate  of  Otterbein  College.  Through 
his  heroic  faith  a  new  Japanese  province  is  being  opened  to  the 
gospel,  opposition  is  being  overcome  and  large  numbers  of  stu- 
dents in  government  schools  are  being  turned  toward  Christ. 

Regarding  the  graduates  from  the  Theological  Department  of 
the  Doshisha,  Rev.  B.  F.  Shively,  our  representative  on  the 
teaching  staff,  writes,  "Last  year  we  graduated  a  class  of  fifteen 
fine  fellows  every  one  of  whom  took  all  the  work  I  gave  in  re- 
ligious education.  ( )ne  of  them  now  has  charge  of  a  large  work 
among  Japanese  in  Hawaii.  One  has  gone  to  Manchuria  to  take 
charge  of  some  Japanese  work  there.  One  of  them  is  director  of 
religious  education  in  a  church  in  Osaka  which  is  one  of  the 
leading  churches  in  the  whole  country.  Another  is  directing  the 
religious  education  work  of  a  district  under  the  American  Board. 
Three  of  them  are  in  responsible  positions  in  Tokyo  churches, 
and  others  are  in  equally  important  places.  Only  yesterday  a 
missionary  said  to  me,  'That  man  you  sent  to  us  from  the  Doshisha 
is  a  winner.'  So  it  is  our  aim  at  the  Doshisha  to  prepare  and  send 
out  into  the  active  work  of  evangelism,  men  wdth  a  vital  message 
for  the  times,  and  with  sufficient  practical  training  to  take  hold 
and  man  their  fields  for  the  best  progress  of  the  Kingdom." 

Caspar  Camacho  is  one  of  the  most  faithful  pastors  in  our 
Philippine  mission.  Some  years  ago  when  he  first  presented  him- 
self before  our  missionaries  as  a  candidate  for  the  gospel  ministry, 
he  looked  like  such  an  unpromising  specimen  that  they  had  little 
hopes  for  him.  Undiscouraged  by  his  tremendous  handicaps  he 
entered  the  Union  Theological  Seminary  at  Manila  and  by  sheer 
pluck  and  the  grace  of  (jod  made  his  way  through.  The  spiritual 
life  and  training  of  the  Seminary  brought  out  the  latent  possi- 
bilities in  this  awkward  young  man  and  he  completed  his  course 
successfully  and  was  ordained.  He  is  now  the  efficient  pastor 
at  Agoo.     He  has  won  scores  of  his  fellow  countrymen  to  Christ 

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and  no  one  now  doubts  that  he  was  indeed  called  of  God  to  preach 
his  everlasting  gospel. 

John  Abellera  was  a  young  man  of  fine  qualities  from  the 
first.  He  had  a  good  position  with  the  Educational  Bureau  of 
the  United  States  Government  of  the  Philippines,  but  after  tast- 
ing the  joys  of  saving  grace  his  heart  grew  eager  to  make  them 
known  to  others,  accordingly  he  gave  up  his  work  and  entered 
the  Theological  Seminary  for  special  training.  Here  he  re- 
ceived a  better  understanding  of  the  Word  and  his  spiritual  life 
was  greatly  deepened.  He  is  our  ablest  evangelistic  preacher  in 
the  Philippines.  For  the  past  two  years  he  has  been  editor  of  the 
"Naimbag  a  Damag"  which  is  published  in  the  Ilocano  language 
and  is  the  only  Christian  paper  in  the  Islands. 

John  Leones  was  the  son  of  a  rich  Filipino  man.  He  had  a 
good  position  with  the  Government  in  tlie  Internal  Revenue  de- 
partment. He  became  a  Christian  and  under  the  influence  of 
the  Bible  Institutes,  which  are  conducted  annually,  was  called  of 
God  to  work  among  the  neglected  people  of  the  mountains.  On 
learning  his  purpose  his  father  kicked  him  out  of  doors  and  dis- 
inherited him-  but  none  of  these  things  moved  him.  He  entered 
the  Seminary  and  was  making  good  progress  when  his  health 
suddenly  failed  and  it  seemed  impossible  for  him  to  complete 
his  work ;  but  he  finally  rallied  and  graduated  with  first  honors 
at  the  close  of  the  year.  The  native  people  considered  his  healing 
a  miracle  of  God.  This  young  man  has  been  mightily  used  in 
soul  winning.  Almost  the  entire  mountain  town  wdiere  he  works 
has  become  Christian  and  many  in  the  near-by  towns.  His  Sun- 
day school  is  the  best  of  all  in  our  Philippine  mission. 

The  same  kind  of  work  that  is  being  done  for  young  men  in 
the  Seminary  at  Manila  is  being  done  for  young  women  in  the 
Bible  Training  School  at  San  Fernando.  While  receiving  their 
training  these  girls  often  make  long  itinerating  journeys  among 
the  wild  tribes  of  the  mountains,  walking  vfor  miles  over  hard 
roads  and  sometimes  drenched  with  rain,  but  never  too  weary 
to  hold  meetings  in  the  towns  they  visit.  After  graduation  many 
of  them  take  up  regular  missionary  work.  The  spirit  of  these 
consecrated  girls  is  shown  in  the  words  of  Agapita  Obaldo,  one 
of  the  graduates,  who  gave  herself  to  work  among  the  Igorotes. 
On  returning  to  her  chosen  field  some  one  asked.  "Are  you  going 
again  over  the  high  mountains?  Isn't  there  enough  to  do  at 
home  and  on  the  plains'"'     "^he  replied,  "My  heart  bounds  for- 


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ward  with  joy  for  it  is  a  marvelous  gospel  I  have  to  bear.  Xever 
has  it  stirred  me  as  now.  No  higher  honor  has  ever  been  granted 
to  mankind  than  to  be  a  co-worker  with  Christ  in  bringing  the 
world  back  to  God.  And  also  to  those  Igorrote  homes.  Our 
father  loves  them,  and  his  love  constraineth  us.  Could  we  be  sat- 
isfied to  tarry  at  home  and  on  the  plains  knowing  of  their  hun- 
ger and  thirst  after  truth,  the  way  and  the  life — even  Christ? 
The  joy  of  ministry  and  fellowship  among  the  beloved  of  our 
relatives  and  friends  could  not  quiet  the  unceasing  call  and  plead- 
ings in  our  ears.  I  go  forth  again  because  I  love  Him  who  called 
us.     I  know  God  is  my  keeper." 

Some  years  ago  there  came  into  the  home  of  one  of  our  China 
missionaries  a  little  Chinese  girl  in  whose  life  was  wrapped  up 
wonderful  possibilities.  Helen  Chan  received  her  early  training 
in  our  day  schools  in  Canton  and  later  graduated  from  Miller 
Seminary.  For  some  years  she  has  been  a  very  efficient  teacher 
in  the  Seminary  and  her  life  is  a  constant  benediction  to  the  girls. 
She  often  says,  "What  would  I  have  been  had  not  Christ  found 
me  and  given  me  a  chance  for  my  life?"  The  happiest  moments 
of  her  life  are  those  when  she  sees  her  girls  standing  before  the 
altar  taking  their  vows  of  church  membership.  The  principal  of 
a  Girls'  Normal  School  recentlv  wrote.  "Your  Helen  Chan  is 
worth  her  weight  in  gold.  If  there  ever  comes  a  time  when 
you  don't  need  her  I'll  pay  her  a  good  salary  and  be  delighted 
to  get  her." 

Dr.  Hoh  and  Ko  Pat  IMui  are  two  of  China's  beloved  physicians. 
They  both  were  educated  in  Miller  Seminary.  The  former  was 
a  dignified  and  serious  girl  from  the  first.  Her  one  ambition 
was  to  become  a  physician  and  relieve  the  suffering  of  her  people. 
Her  parents  had  no  sympathy  with  her  ideas  and  tried  again  and 
again  to  induce  her  to  quit  school  and  marry,  but  she  steadfastly 
resisted.  After  graduation  from  the  Seminary  she  took  a  course 
in  a  medical  school.  She  is  now  a  busy  little  doctor  with  a  big 
practice  and  heartily  in  love  with  her  work.  Ko  Pat  Mui  went 
immediately  after  her  graduation  to  her  brother  who  is  a  doctor 
in  a  big  city  fifty  miles  from  Siu  Lam.  For  six  years  she  has 
been  his  nurse  and  general  assistant  and  he  says  he  cannot  even 
spare  her  to  be  married. 

"Brother  Woo"  of  Kau  Chau  Kei  was  once  an  ardent  worship- 
per of  idols,  a  gambler  and  opium  smoker.  One  day  he  and  his 
friend  heard  a  gospel  sermon  from  a  young  Chinese  evangelist — 

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the  man  who  is  now  our  pastor  at  Siu  Lam — and  from  that  day 
forth  they  have  hoth  been  Christians.  "Brother  Woo"  went  back 
to  his  village  and  began  telling  his  friends  that  he  had  found  the 
Christ.  Soon  several  people  were  converted  and  baptized  and  a 
church  was  organized.  Under  the  training  of  the  missionaries 
"Brother  Woo"  has  made  wonderful  development.  His  church 
has  been  self-supporting  from  the  first  and  is  growing  in  num- 
bers till  the  building  in  which  they  worship  will  not  hold  the 
crowds.  They  are  planning  to  open  work  in  a  neighboring  village. 
Five  of  his  young  men  are  studying  for  the  ministry. 

Time  would  fail  us  to  tell  of  the  nearly  two  hundred  native 
leaders  in  our  foreign  fields  who  through  faith  are  subduing  king- 
doms, working  righteousness,  obtaining  promises,  out  of  weak- 
ness are  made  strong  and  are  valiant  in  the  fight  for  God  These 
"are  our  hope  and  joy  and  crown  of  rejoicing." 

Answering  the  Summons 

We  have  given  but  a  brief  summary  of  the  schools  in  our 
fields  afar.  These  schools  have  not  been  able  to  meet  the 
opportunities  in  their  communities,  much  less  the  insistent  calls 
from   whole   districts   adjacent   hitherto   untouched. 

The  awakening  which  has  resulted  from  the  war  is  being 
felt  in  these  backward  nations  even  more  than  in  our  own,  and 
there  is  the  urgent  need  of  trained  Christian  leaders  who  shall 
be  able  to  meet  the  challenge  of  the  new  day.  The  Govern- 
ment in  Sierra  Leone  is  asking  our  mission  to  supply  teachers 
for  the  vernacular  schools  which  they  are  planning  to  establish 
all  over  the  Protectorate.  China  is  seeking  for  a  million 
teachers  for  her  proposed  schools.  Two-thirds  of  the  members 
of  China's  first  Constitutional  Congress  were  graduates  of  mis- 
sion schools.  The  efficiency  of  these  leaders  has  given  Christian 
education  a  mighty  influence  in  these  nations.  The  church  will 
never  again  have  an  opportunity  like  that  which  is  hers  right 
now — that  of  furnishing  from  Christian',  schools  the  leaders 
who  shall  give  direction  and  in  a  large  measure  shape  the  des- 
tiny of   vast  countries. 

Mission  schools  must  be  multiplied  by  the  hundreds  and 
those  in  existence  must  be  greatly  enlarged  and  better 
equipped.  Our  missionaries  have  for  years  been  pleading  to 
be  permitted  to  answer  the  ever-increasing  calls  for  the  open- 
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ing  of   new   schools.     Nearly  all  our  present   schools  are   turn- 
ing pupils   away  because   of  lack  of   room. 

A  SACRIFICIAL  ADVANCE. 

As  we  face  the  new  era  coming  over  the  world,  the  United 
Brethren  Church  must  undertake  in  dead  earnest  the  evangeliza- 
tion of  her  share  of  the  suffering  world.  Our  foreign  fields 
will  not  continue  plastic  and  open  for  the  next  twenty-five 
years.  If  they  are  to  set  in  a  Christian  mold  we  must  act  now, 
and  act  vigorously,  for  "The  night  cometh  when  no  man  can 
work." 

Through  the  observance  of  the  Five  Great  Sundays  and  the 
Week  of  Prayer  and  Self-Denial  a  year  ago,  hundreds  of 
churches  and  Sunday  schools  entered  into  a  new  era  of  spiritual 
Jife,  and  fervent  praying,  and  the  gifts  received  compleiely 
wiped  out  the  indebtedness  cf  the  society  and  sustained  ths 
workers  the  past  year. 

Ihe  cost  of  exchange  and  transportation  in  our  foreign 
fields  are  higher  now  than  a  year  ago.  To  conduct  our  foreign 
zi'ork  zcithoiit  rclrcncliuient  tJirough  the  months  ahead  until 
April  \,  1920,  ivill  require  $55,000  in  addition  to  the  money 
that  zvill  come  through  the  established  channels  of  the  church. 

Let  me  suggest  three  ways  to  secure  it : 

First  by  individuals,  churches  and  Sunday  schools  supporting 
their  own  missionary  or  district  as  many  are  now  doing. 


Albert  Academy,  our  Training  Center  in  West  Africa. 

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Second  by  observing  Full  Settlement  period  for  the  budget 
March  2-16.  Churches  and  Sunday  schools  wishing  to  again  ob- 
serve a  Self-Denial  week,  may  have  that  privilege  and  the  offering 
thus  secured  may  be  applied  on  the  support  of  their  missionary 
for  another  year  if  their  benevolence  budget  has  been  provided 
in  full,  otherwise  the  ofifering  should  be  applied  on  making  full 
and  overflowing  the  benevolence  budget  of  the  local  church,  a 
good  part  of  which  goes  to  meet  the  needs  of  our  foreign  vvork. 

Tn  the  third  place,  the  committee  which  is  now  inaugurating 
the  united  movement  for  our  denomination  b^s  spveex],  that 
instead  of  makiuc/  mauv  special  appeals  to  the  Sundav  schools 
nnd  churches  th-^t  tbe^'e  be  inst  arte  vitcd  special  nphcal.  wh^^n 
it  is  eirnestlv  hor«ed  that  everv  Sundav  school  nnd  church  will 
share  in  ?  sacrificial  wav  in  meetin"^  the  extraordinarv  needs 
upon  all  the  Societies.  A  portion  of  this  united  offering  "'ill 
p-o  to  relieve  the  urgent  situation  of  our  foreign  work.  The 
f^hurrh  napers  will  give  notice  when  this  united  special  will 
be  lifted. 

PRM'F.R    A\'TT.L    BRING    TTTF    VICTORY. 

In  the  work  of  the  Kin<ydom,  oravine  comes  before  navincr. 
The  call  of  greatest  importance  is  for  a  crusade  of  praver. 
One  of  our  missionaries  in  Africa,  drooped  into  a  dark  hut 
where  he  found  an  old  man  dvine.  After  talking  to  him  of 
God's  love,  the  old  man  said,  "I  don't  know  how  to  pray,  won't 
vou  pray  for  me,  and  just  hea  God  for  me?"  This  crv  cominp' 
up  from  the  voune  and  old.  the  sick  and  dyin??  of  millions  of 
earth  should  brine  the  church  at  home  to  her  knees  until  every 
one  of  us  recoenizes  that  Jesus  is  T>ord  of  our  life  and  -^11  our 
possessions  and  that  we  are  His  stewards — stewards  o^  inter- 
cession, stewards  of  possessions,  stewards  of  o'lr  <^wn  live'^  to 
be  devoted  to  spreading  the  news  of  the  ^'orld's  Sav'or.  The 
United  Movement  in  our  denomination  is  being  IpinT^bed  bv  a 
period  of  intercession,  wbich  beo'ins  Febniarv  23.  1919,  and 
continues  until  the  entire  church  has  entered  into  the  promised 
blessings  of  God. 

Surely,  "He  must  have  a  callous  soul  who  can  nass  throusrh 
times  like  these,  and  not  hear  a  voice  wbo^e  call  a  iii'in  ni'is* 

answer  or  else  lose  his   soul I'be   Kino-dom   of   God   o. 

earth  needs  you.  The  cause  of  Christ  is  hard  bese*  ""d  rip-ht- 
eousness  is  havinsf  a  heavy  battle  in  the  earth — thev  need  yon" 
and  thev  need  us  in  no  ser\'irp  so  urgent'. ^  ds  that  of  intercession. 


Stir  Me,  Lord! 

'OTIR  me,  oh!  stir  me,  Lord,  I  care  not  how, 

But  stir  my  heart  in  passion  for  the  world! 
Stir  me  to  give,  to  go — but  most  to  pray: 
Stir,  till  the  blood  red  banner  be  unfurled 
O'er  lands  that  still  in  deepest  darkness  lie, 
O'er  deserts  where  no  cross  is  lifted  high. 


Stir  me,  oh!  stir  me.  Lord.    Thy  heart  was  stirred 

By  love's  intensest  fire,  till  Thou  didst  give 

Thine  only  Son,  Thy  best  beloved  One, 

Even  to  the  dreadful  Cross,  that  I  might  live ; 

Stir  me  to  give  myself  so  back  to  Thee, 

That  Thou  canst  give  Thyself  again  through  me." 


Courtesy  of  Everyland. 


Young  China   Solving   Problems. 


Our  Problem 


How  Can  the  United  Brethren 
Church  meet  her  Responsi- 
bility for  the  800,000  Children 
Living  in  her  Districts  Abroad, 
Who  have  no  School  Priv- 
ileges? 


Demco,  Inc.  38-293 


